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MAI I.S. A2.21V2b. Z Dtthlin, 2 Watetfrad I)vir Gottenburgh, I)ublin, I %'SI tc rto [4 PRICY, OF STOI KS Ttirs DA wELV k, O t el.ooK. Consols - • 65 g 114.:(Itaxti . gs 11E S LT N. **LIM QUIS YALSUM ALIiICAT L 0 2V D 0 N, MONDAY, 11AX 4, 1808. WI have ed a series Of French Papers to the 9th ult. from which we have extracted some very interesting details respeaing the Revolution in Spain, horn which it appears, beyond all possibility of doubt, that it was effeaed under the auspices, sod even under the clireetion of the French. WS received this morning Barlacines Papers to the =I March, from which we have made some extraCts. It appears from the subsequent account, which was this morning received at Izoyn's, that a report was circulated in the West Indies that the Rochefort Squadron had gnt into Martinique, but the Extra&s which we have made froth the Barbl does Papers prove that it was without foUndation. .BARBADOR, MARCH2'I.--His Majesty's Brig Julia brings an account of five large Ships having been seen going into Fort Royal, Martinigne. Th© Admiral is off there before this time, as he was at Dominica when the news reached him." The following article, which appeared in an Edin burgh Paper of last week, tends to . strengthen the rumour which we mentioned on Thursday, respc&t. ing a Revolution in .Rtrisia " We stop th Press to announcp the arrival at' Leith of His Majesty's Sloop S,ttake from Gottenburgh. She brings accounts that it was reportml at Gottenburgh on the aoth,. that the IL trurnerAr l aki‘;inaft had &lieu by the hands t,f, his own Subjeas. The Didator, of 64 guns, had been on shore on a sunken rock 'in the outer roads, but was get 'without the slightest injury, and proceeded up the t." rt should, however, be observed, that the last 'Mail brought Letters three days later, which slight ly mention this report.' It is possible that there may be a mistake as to the day when the Snaky really left Gottenburgh, but it is certain that Government have not received 'Tiny official intelligence upon the iubje6l. Outt Readers will recollect that on the 22d ult. We ituerted a very interesting letter from an Officer on board his Majesty' Ship Raven, off the Rock of Li.hun, giving an account of the deplctrhle. situ ttinti of Portugal, reape&ing the want of previsions, and which mentioned a Manifesto that had been issued at Lisbon, stiting that ." England is_ in : such a state, that we cannot car'ry'on the War "tniire. than . two months, and) that we are all starving, and trade totally at a stand." The Maoitesto alluded to has just retch-. ed this country, and we are sorry to find that French artifice has on this occasion inade use of maierialsffir rushed to it by cur Opposiiien Orators, .and oneQe. 4 position Journal,. re this. Mainfesto; JUNTOT, the Freuch profdases to give the.PorMguese a statement of the melancholy condition to' which the British Etnpire is ieduced, in order to render them sen sible of the superior happiness which they enjoy; • and which they are assured will be greatly increased by the speedy downfall of •Great Britain. Ho tells them that our paper-money 'ls at a 'considerable dis count,that ExChequer Bills are in the tifirilB de preciated state-.4hat our Custom-Houses are almost shut up, for want 'af trade with the .Continental Nations..-that upwards of a million of Oi,ir artificeri, enanufa&urers, &c. arc wholly destitute of' s etn.. ployment, starving, and vehemently demanding peace and a resteration r of intercourse with the Con tinentahPowers. He even cites passages from sevs, ral of our Opposition Papers, in . or,tlei to prove that there is 'a prokious defalcation in our revenue ; though the passages referred to are the mere inven- Cans of fa4lon, and are most satistaelorily .reiuted by documents submitted to Pacliament, which shew that our finances are in a very. flourishing state. But one of, the most ingenious attempts of Je. NOT is, to prove - that we shall be ruined by+ that very Navy which is our chief national pro-, tettion, Which is the great check to French am bition, and, indeed, the only hope for the nations of Enrope, if any fortunate event should con to t o rescue them horn os tyrapny . and rapacity of Fr4nce, This passage is of so, curious a description, that we shall subMit it to our Readers, hecatele it is a proofof the inventive power of the French Gene ral, who has 'not on this occasion been indebted to our Oppositien Politicians, ancl •the Joureals which maintain their principles, and promulge their semi, merits :-- t , If (say the Enemy) we cast at) e on . the pre a lent state. of the Etlgligh Navy,.the very condition " of its ireat force, )ind the number Sii:;,s it COD. el tains, this vast Power, we say, cannot 01.1 t lerate the downfall of England; and suppoiing it est . ..to be her most powerful defence, must prove the " principal Cause of Tier ruin. The reason thereof 41 , is obviotis. lo tie English .I‘,l'aiisterial Gazette, " the state of the naval force is published the .first " day of every nicAnth, awl by that return it appears, " that* t 43 Sail of the 'Line, 26 Ships of 50 guns, " 191 1. 4 r gales, 223 Schooners, 229 Cutters, and " other smaller Vessels, are employed.. Now,. " reckoning that the victualling charges, for each " Ship, pay of the Officers and Men, and other, " daily expeoces, amount only to 600 milreis per " day, this forms a sum total of upwards of half a " million ; a much higher sum is expended in con " sequence of losses sustained at sea, through storms "and had weather, in tackle and rigging, masts, " sails, &c. losses which they continually suffer on " account of hard gales, and the numerous Ships " which monthly strike aground on the Coasts of " Spain, France, and Denmark, &c. and Ile re " sources from which they draw the means to main " tain such large Squadrons, begin to fail. Or 61101 ' 4 it be said,. that the above immense sum tan be " supplied by the value of one or two Merchant " Ships which they may pick. up. This vast naval " force must, therefore, prove ruinous to the State, " and wip soon render it incapable to ceotintie the " warfare any length of time; for to meet an'ex ""penditure so immense, they pssess no longer the " revenue arising from the CustoMs, on account-of " the stagnation of trade, nor the profits reartd , " from manufaanres, and the circulation, joie . ... " course, and commerce with every part of the 14 Continent." There are other passages in' this Manifesto, tit tending to the same purpose ; but it is impossible that they should deceive the people of Portugal, though they dare not avow their opinions, and must submit implicitly to every imposition hat French craft and falsehood may Im:dice on them. But.iu NOT, WhU was a common soldier, and who knows nothing but what relates, to his profession, bas falleu into,one - blutider in. this Manifesto; at ANhich the Portugoest Inigtit laugh, if unfortunately their condition did not preclude every ipertive impulse, for after saying that we have a million of people wholly destitute of emplOyment, he proceeds to say, that our Agricul ture is in decay for want cf handi Ent he will pro bitbly soon get a new supply of Opposition Pape's, and then lie will have ample materials for another againit this Country, and for new predie lions of the ruin that hangs over us. Yesterday mot ring hi; MAJEgTY, Princesses AU GUSTA, MARY, SOPHIA, RIId ANII.:LIA, ac:otnpruned by the Countess of RADNOR, Lady G. BucKL.P.Y, Geneti4l4 Gw•vtgN%, Rad FITZRoY, rode to Sc. the Rev. Dr. from the 12th chapter of St. Paul's Epiitie to the Hebrews, and ist vtl-4e, " Let us run with patience the race thAt N set botbre us." Am rwards they rode to Froginore Lodge, where they met her MAJESTY and Prin cess ELILARZTH. Ilk MAJESTY dined then:, awl at three o'elork the, ROYAL FA:JILY rettirned to the- Palace. - -- Yestt-tday the Rev. Dr. Goonsu., the, Mash.r of Eton'Si..houl, read himself oue of the Cahons of the CAihedral•Chapel. of St. Gior4e ' Windsor. His MAJESTY Ws liresenred the Bishop of Cttta . .SEC with a superbleKvice of plate ti) hi , ;churob. •-• -Dispatches . were received yesterday, at, the Ad_ miraliy, froin Rear-Adinirol Sir Slokiay, 5M19 4 11, dated on bllird the h'ouctoyant of go guns, .Off Os. the. 28th of March, at which time the Slug:. droll, consisting of the .Poudroyant, London, 4ga meinnwi, &c. were all Well. The Squadron Were on their way to the Brazils. . Dispatches, were sent' off from the Admiralty, addressed to , Sir 81DNEY SMITH, at Bias Janeiro. Our letters from Cork state, that Wm.'o l CoNmon, Esq. -Collector of the Revenues of that poi! had absconded. with. the sum of eighteen thousan d one hundred and twenty-nine pounds 4g - ht shillings bt I lie pdblic money; and that warrants had been issueditir his apprehension, but no trace of his flight had yet been tikenvered; , It was generally suspected that Ila Litconcealed somewhere near the coast, with a view of Secretly embarking in some smuggling Vessel, in or&r to join his troitorous brother, AsTwa O'CbN. NOR, m France. The greatest activity is employed in embarking the troops intended to complete the first division of the Expedit4;n. :On Frithky a Considerable part of the: Cavalry and Infantry of the Gerniart „Legion enibaris ed at Ramsgate. 'The Waggon Train and Artillery were also embarking when the last accounts came away. ft was supposed, that all the troops would be put In . board M . the course of yesterday and this slay. Gen. l'Aocr,4 'with a great partof the Staff, was at Ramsgate. Gen. Moult i takes ltis, passage on board the .dadacious, lying off Deal. The Dutch Court went into mourningen the 6th of April, for 2 t days, on acc6init or the decease of the We King of 'Denmark, Cfilit6TlAN VII. The Dutch INlar-hal De' WINTER ,Is arrived at the Heider, to superintend and accelerate the fitting out of the Ships of War in that port: In order to raise, in spLug. measure, tho drooping spirits of the Dutch Navy, the King 4f, *HOLL A ND has issued a Decree, by which the lull, and halt' pay of :the Officers and Seamen have .been considerably increased. . • A letter from Atrtsterdarn states, that the fitting out of Privateers is carried on in that place with great . activity and vigour, tinder the special proteEtion of the Ring. Letters from Lisbon of the Ist ult. .state, that a deputation wilt. ,then on the e oint of setting out for Msdrid, to present to the Emperor 111Apot.Eox the homage. of the . Portuguese station, It , is headed by the .Bishop,of LISBON, Grand Inquisitor of Por tugal; and composed of the - most distinguished No* bletnen of the realm. FROM 711$ inwcir RIPER?. Toutts, APRIL 4.•--The Emperor arrited in this town yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock; he did not stop, but passed through it, 'attended by► his Guard of Honour, commanded by M. D. CONTADU, Two hours before, a Spanish Ambassador had ar rived; he was a grandee of the first class, decorated with all the orders, he was going to Paris with a letter from the new King FERDINAND, to the Em peror of the French. Marshal Dunoc, who was in the first carriage, alighted, and received the letter, which he delivered to his Majesty, who, having read it, replied, that he would give an audience to the Ambassador at the next stage. Several peti tions were presented to his Majesty, which be re ceived with condescension. The Ambassador left his carriage, and tools a cabriolet to follow the Emperor. On the preceding evening, the whole city of Tours was illuminated, and all the. Magi: strates assembled at the Palace of the Archbishop, supposing that his Majesty would alight there. The Emperor sent Marshal Duaoc to the Archbishop to express his concern that, he could not stop at Tours. Posse, t.—Letters from- Madrid, which we taie received, dated the 23d, 24th, and 25th March, contain the details of the great events which have taken place in that . country: the followiug ap pear to us. the most worthy of notice. There was grttatest agitation both at Madrid and Aranjuez, on the night between the i sth and igth March. The Prince of Peace, who was arrested by the mal contents, whose numbers had been increased by a considerable number of the Guards, felt that he was in the most imminent danger. The Prince of As turias with difficulty got to him. The Minister, his enemy, begged his life. The Prince .proteiffed hnn, though not without some danger to himself, and cenduaed him to the guard house. Madrid for four days was subject to no kind of police. No murder • was committed, but eleven houses were pillaged, viz. those of the mother, brothers, and relatives of the . Prince of Peace, and those of the two Ministers, .SOLER and SPINosA. The re-esta blishment of tranquillity did not begin to take place at Madrid until the arrival of the King, who was loudly called for by the people. The Proclamations of FERDINAND VII. commanding the people to re ceive the French as brothers, was received with ac clam:aims. They were considered as deliverers from the time of their arrival ; peace, enthusiasm, and hope pervaded every breast. A report was spread, that. the mother of the Prince of Peai,e had fallen a sacriee to the grief, wilich she felt at this drea.lful catastrophi-. On the first day of the insurreelion at Aranjuez, some shots • wore fired from the Pilau. of the Prince of . Peace,, but no one •,•:is MAnttlD, MARci( 26.—Extraa of a Letter fkom, at) (Myer the French Army “•00 tee 23fil, we appeared before Madrid, and entered the city the same evening. An immense concourse of people came out of the city to meet its. The whole army was colleted together in the finest order. The Grand Duke reviewed them, amidst the . a i eclainatiOns'of_the Spaniards. He : aftetrardernade his, entry into Madrid, preceded by the Imperial -Guard on horseback, and by a numerous Staff ? and followed by All the Cavalry, and the first division of Infantry, under the command of General Methuen. The two other divisions remained encamped on the surrounding heights. The streets gifi balconies Were crowded with inhabitants, and, with SpaoiA military, who expressed great satisfittlion at the. arrival of the French. On the 24th, the Prime of Asturias, being declared king, made his public entry on horseback. He is a fine man, and has an pgrec 'able • countenancej he went to the Royal Paleee, Which is not.far from the Palace of the Admiral. The Police of the City is maintained by petioles,' which are commanded byV two Officers, one French, and the other Spenish, to prevent all disputes that t7niglit arise' filen the (Inference of !ensilages.” MADRID ) MARCH 21.-; , --On the tech March, the day before the'ahclication of the late King, he or dered the following Proclamation to be published : " His Majesty having received intelligence that. the French Troops willwill~ shortly pass through Ma drid, on their march to Cadiz, deigns to communi cate this circumstance to his C,onncil, and, at the same time, declare his royal will, that the'French Troops should be treated with all the friendship and kindness which is due to the Army of the Emperor orthe French, the Ally, of his Majesty. 'The Coun cil have therefore issued the present Proclarnation, and rely upon 'the loyalty of the people for a Aria . obedience to the orders of the King. (Signed) "BA RT1101.9 MEW Da ,Muses.''. A Pamphlet has just been published hero, and distributed in great numbers: it contains a detailed acconnt of the political career of the Prince of Peace. The following is an extract from it : " Don 11,1mium, GODOY was born at Baditioz, of st_ noble family. His studies were first directed to the military acieuce l and he entered early in life into the Garde: du corps. One of his relation . ? %lite , enjoyed the favour of their Majesties, presented Bien lo the Queen. He pleased her Majesty much by the elegance of his make, and the grace with which - he played upon the guitar, and she procured him a high commission in the Guatds• He was soon distinguished by the then Prime Nf inig ter, Count FLoaAna BLANCA, and was represented as a young man likely to be of essential service to Spain, from the knowledge he had obtained of the politics of foreign Courts. The favour of the. Xing soon followed that of the Queen and Ptittle Minister, and he was shortly after created a Gran' dee of Spain, Duke cif Alcudia, and Commander in Chief of all the Armies of Spain. The disgrace of the Prime Minister soon followed, end Don Goma' having succeeded in re-establishing peambetween France and Spain, be took the title of Prince of Peace. But a most unexampled favour completed his extraordindey good fortune. The. King granted him the daughter of the infant Don Louts in mar riage, and he thus became united to the blood royal. The Prince of Peace, it is said, was the richest individual in Europe. There was a report that by was married to a woman of the name of LA TUDO, by whom he had children, but it was probably unfounded, as she always has lived with him as a mistress. The departure of Don* na Ton° friun Aranjuez, in a post-carriage, wag the signal of the Insurrection which took place there.. The people thinking that the Mistress of the Primi. Minister was about to quit Spain *WI immens• riches, stopped her carriage, crying out, 144. live the King, and death to GoDeT." This publication also contains some d4teilg ad* private lite of the Prince: it states him io be disw* lute, proud, venal, and avaricious; that he lavishi& richei only, upon courresans•nithat be hesitated at 00, means that could gratify his ambition. Thero other details which excite the greiitest horror, but must be recolleaed that this work was publiated tl. day after the frill of the Minister. "mum. SUPPLEMENT to tax MADRIQ GAZETTE at's? 22:1 hiAICH, Ms Majesty has issued the following Decree:. • it, Although Don PLDAO CITALLAS, my OA Secretary of State and of Dispatches, has sent its bis resignation, for different reasons which he l stated, I have not received his resignaticik becaull is proved to me, that though he named a gouda german of the Prince of Pogo, he nover Var.l ticipated is the projeas and unjust desigua wbiA are supposed to ha - Va bpea congeived by that ma: and Upon which I have ordered judicial intimidate a which shews in him a noble heart, faithful to hit Sovereign, and a servant of whom I will, no; Or prive myself. My will is, that this order be put ti lisped and made known to my subjects. • " 4 To icoo• A ralljllo2, Match 21. " To the Marquis Cobo!deo." '- : lgAbaro, Malign 30. (From the Altreniteul). The aribi is looked upon here with it very favourable eye.--Last Sunday the Military Mara, at which t` l `' Grand Duke of 4erg and the French Generals avt anted, was very brilliant, and produced a deep soir a tiara. King C*A;LES and the QyzErt ar e still at ArgiVl ittez ; the Prince of ASTVRI O and the Clgeen ° f ETRURIA are/at Madrid. On the road from-Bayonne to Madria " been placed,: 'The Emperor of the FItENCII is etc" pekted With much impatience. We have no nee` of the present clivumstances to desire to see '‘) e ' c ", tt'nordinary a Sovereign, and t hi s eagerness °' rail classes of people sufticientik shews that the SPA" nish Nation is always the same, and that ever? thing which is great interests i t . Btlt under the preset circumstances, we feel deeply that there no longer any arm caPalfrof saving that his inter" pentian and his counsels. are equally necesia r P ~1 PARIS, APRIL Emperor left St. Clotiw' to-day, at eleven it the morning, for Bourdcao?" . ' The Prince of NROPCHATIL act of this ID°rninr: The Minister for Foreign * Affairs, atul the - Sec retor; / of State, will set off to-night. APRIL s.. The Frigates Italian and SYr e ne whigh left France on the 17th of ./annary, tOr ' l l Weitern Colonies, with several ' transports, ar rive'. there after a passage of ate days, 'and returned to L'Orient on-the efith of March. They lock th e English Ships Susan and S e arecltiag, and the vr leers Sappho and 4lert, of 16 ions and BO 00 . , each. ' . . . _ . . . . . A Smuggling Vessel, which left riusliTtg 1 Wcdnesday last, but has brought some letters, st"' a few Dutch Papei,s to the-g7th. - The letters st 3 t,;; that a great number of small craft are collect" . , 0 - Flushing, fur the alledged Pulyase of a descent this,Couotry i but it was on the contrary beiv,; by Ore-Dutch, that they . were destined fort Ow cic fence or Abe Port of. Flushing, upon which as sti ,ijs WaS: expected to be made by an ,Expedition tro.n 3 ' .. r , Country. .All ; the troops quartered in the neightAZo hood . of Breinau end HarnbUrgh had been.P3orc. . AIM'. ' .